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Writer's pictureCalvin De Jong

18 Wild Foods With More Vitamin C Than Oranges

Updated: Dec 11, 2019

Species (100 g), parts of plant, vitamin C content


Vitamin C boosts the immune system. It also acts as a natural antihistamine


Wild food is known by many to have higher nutrients in them, so it would be wise to try incorporate some wild food into your diet.




  1. Dog rose (Rosa canina), fruit, 1252 mg

  2. Balsam fir (Abies balsamea), needles, 270 mg

  3. Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), bark and needles, 200 mg and 32 mg respectively

  4. Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), aerial parts, 190 mg

  5. Red spruce (Picea rubens), needles, 169 mg

  6. Wild garlic (Allium vineale), leaves, 130 mg

  7. Garden yellow-rocket (Barbarea vulgaris), basal leaves, 130 mg

  8. Common blue violet (Viola sororia), basal leaves, 130 mg

  9. Lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album), whole young plants, 130 mg

  10. Elderberry (Sambucus nigra), fruit, 116 mg

  11. Shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), basal leaves of first year plants, 91 mg

  12. Wild leeks (Allium tricoccum), leaves, 80 mg

  13. Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca), fruit, 80 mg

  14. Mock strawberry (Duchesnea indica), leaves, 79 mg

  15. Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis), flowers, 69 mg

  16. Mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia), fruit, 68 mg

  17. Common yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta), leaves, 59 mg

  18. Northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis), needles, 45 mg

References Combs, G. F. (2012). The vitamins: Fundamental aspects in nutrition and health. Burlington, MA: Academic Press

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